poweralert stage 2.....

[borro]

Gone... But never forgotten... A part of our colourful history now...

 

[wingnut771]

Koeberg reactor has to be taken offline for another 200 days



Whatever that involves, more less-than-normal activity.
Sorry, can't understand anyone trusting seriously sensitive public tech in this country.

This is maintenance only at the end of next year so not a break down.

 

[vaakseun]

Eskom debt dire | News24

As far as their Eskom account is concerned, only two out of 19 municipalities in the Free State are debt free.

www.news24.com

Those okes in the Free State that think everything is for Free...

 

[vaakseun]

I remember the "bolt", the "jellyfish" and recently, a "fault" that tripped the reactor a week or 2 after refuelling. There might have also been a transmission fault with the power lines tripping the station, so 4 times in its history.

Bolt, jellyfish and aluminium ladder.

 

[Brian_G]

This is maintenance only at the end of next year so not a break down.

I think we were looking beyond breakdowns. However if all these other incidents are normal, then more to worry about IMHO - we don't do good maintenance here.

 

[wingnut771]

Bolt, jellyfish and aluminium ladder.

Can't remember that one, is that the "transmission" fault I'm thinking of?

 

[Brian_G]

Come on people, thread already 23 hours old and we're nowhere near 500 posts :- (
Need to get to stage 3

 

[vaakseun]

Can't remember that one, is that the "transmission" fault I'm thinking of?

Could be. There was maintenance being done at Koeberg and someone left behind an aluminium ladder leaning against a transformer. When they switched the unit back on, the ladder tripped the entire unit.

 

[wingnut771]

I think we were looking beyond breakdowns. However if all these other incidents are normal, then more to worry about IMHO - we don't do good maintenance here.

I'm not sure what you're on about. Koeberg has worked faultlessly since the 80's bar 3 incidents. It's now going through a life extension upgrade which will take 2 years. They are busy with the first unit now since January. It is expected to be finished in Aug which is when they will start on the other unit which will take about a year. When that is done they are going back to the first unit to fix problems they found with the foundations due to it being nearly 50 years old which they can't do now because they can't multi task.

 

[wingnut771]

Could be. There was maintenance being done at Koeberg and someone left behind an aluminium ladder leaning against a transformer. When they switched the unit back on, the ladder tripped the entire unit.

Yeah, so all the breakdowns have been due to incompetence, not because of unreliability, they all happened when it was down for maintenance bar the jellyfish, but even that one was suspect and am sure if we knew the truth would also have been someones ****up.

 

[Brian_G]

I'm not sure what you're on about. Koeberg has worked faultlessly since the 80's bar 3 incidents. It's now going through a life extension upgrade which will take 2 years. They are busy with the first unit now since January. It is expected to be finished in Aug which is when they will start on the other unit which will take about a year. When that is done they are going back to the first unit to fix problems they found with the foundations due to it being nearly 50 years old which they can't do now because they can't multi task.

You almost had me going there..... until the last bit.
I'm not going to be convinced, past aside this country can't be trusted.

 

[Brian_G]

Maybe we can meet halfway though

What Is Cold Fusion? Is It Possible?

The search for the long-discredited cold fusion energy source may be catching its second wind, though questions remain about its legitimacy.

www.discovermagazine.com

 

[DarkSt0rm]

Thread is a day old and already 8 pages long lol

 

[wingnut771]

Thread is a day old and already 8 pages long lol

Lots of pressure out there.

 

[Scooby_Doo]

For the doubters

Theoretically Koeberg should almost never break down. Yet every few weeks..

Thats not true.

 

[flytek]

So any chance of coming off stage 4/6 during week....ever?

 

[wingnut771]

So any chance of coming off stage 4/6 during week....ever?

 

[The_Librarian]

Bolt, jellyfish and aluminium ladder.

Sound like ingredients for a witches' brew...

 

[The_Librarian]

Cold fusion? Just stick regular fusion into the freezer and call it cold fusion.

Problem?

 

[DarkSt0rm]

So any chance of coming off stage 4/6 during week....ever?

Maaaaaybe 4/5 if they can get generation up to 27GW, but as long as the temps are low, 6 will be a permanent fixture